CVE-2008-0923 | BDVDB-2026-29439 Detail
Description#
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Shared Folders feature for VMWare ACE 1.0.2 and 2.0.2, Player 1.0.4 and 2.0.2, and Workstation 5.5.4 and 6.0.2 allows guest OS users to read and write arbitrary files on the host OS via a multibyte string that produces a wide character string containing .. (dot dot) sequences, which bypasses the protection mechanism, as demonstrated using a "%c0%2e%c0%2e" string.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29117
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2129
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488725/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019493
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
- http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004034
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.